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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I think the part of the song that really gets me is that her dreams are so small, but even those are out of reach for so many people, even in a country that is supposed to be all about opportunity. This is the truth for so many.
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You're the first reaction to this song I've seen who actually got it! It builds up hope and then crushes it. It is a beautiful, haunting, and incredibly sad song. Other reactors ignore the last verse that generalizes it to how these situations usually work out. Escape is the exception; repetition is the norm. That has to be recognized before it can be changed. Good work!
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The song is a rabbit hole of Tracy Chapman's genius song writing. Every verse adds to a more desperate life facing the narrator, at the end she knows she must leave her current life to stop the cycle of poverty and abuse because she is in a situation no different from when her mom had to leave or die. Whether purposeful or not (with a song writer as brilliant as Chapman it is certainly so), she continues to emphasize employment as a way out of her desperate circumstances, but she is seeming alone in seeing that any thing other than a desperate future is possible.
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You can hear it in the looping of the music trying to break the cycle of life but it’s hopelessly looping. 😢never noticed that until it was brought out. I’m in too deep to stop listening myself. Thanks Tracy we love it.
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Being in Harvard Square or down in Boston's Kenmore Square listening to her Busk in the early 80's... Tracy Chapman gave meaning to the streets she was from. IMHO, her art is authentic, beautiful, and better than most.
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Your reaction redeo is far and away the best I've heard. You capture the true essence of this great piece.
Great job
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The refrain is what haunts me. She just wants to belong somewhere. She wants to matter. And she almost sees it in his car. But it does not work
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1988 was only 35 years ago. ;)
This song is just ... something else. So tremendous.
Great analysis. Chapman has left a big thumbprint on the music industry.
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"It's now or never." You nailed it; congrats on stumbling onto my favorite song. As a drummer, my bandmates taught me to play it acoustic. But, I can't even do that without water-works...
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The entire self-titled "Tracy Chapman" album is fantastic. Every song from it is deep and soul crushing and beautiful. It'd be a great listen for one of your whole-album reactions. Bring a box of tissues though!
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This was a great reaction, with sensitivity and compassion, befitting for this classic song.
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What really gets me about “Mama went off and left him” is that her mother left her too, but she’s deferred her will so profoundly she doesn’t perceive that.
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I see the last stanza as her declaration of independence, telling her man to either shape up or ship out because she realizes that she doesn't need him to live her life and that he is more of a drain than a help to her family, unless he grows up and gets useful.
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This song is a masterpiece
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imagine being 18 writing this song
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This song means more to me than most. Beyond the lyrics it makes me think of my father. He always had a difficult life, was physically disabled at an early age and his entire life was lonely and painful. To me somehow I knew even 10 years ago is how I would remember my father. Yesterday was the 3 month anniversary of his passing and it is difficult (to say the least) to listen to this song. He always wanted more and better for everyone in our family and he was my best friend. Circumstances made his life lonely and painful but I'll always remember him for who he was. He thought of himself as a burden and committed suicide on May 28th this year. I want everyone reading this to know that people care for you and want you there. Please stay here
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I saw her live in Budapest in 1988, on the Human Rights Now tour, alongside Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel and others, it was fantastic. That's when I started to get more seriously into music, I knew her first self-titled album, and Born in the U.S.A. by the Boss! I have loved her music ever since! ♥
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This is one of my all time favorite songs. ❤️
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This song is so real and heavy.
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@AzarathMetreon
7 months ago
The transition from “is it fast enough that we can fly away” to “is it fast enough that you can fly away” is so heartbreaking. 😢
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